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14-letter words containing s, i, l, e, r, y

  • intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
  • intersterility — the state of being insterile
  • interstitially — In an interstitial way.
  • intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
  • intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
  • introversively — In an introversive manner.
  • irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
  • irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
  • lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
  • leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
  • liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
  • lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
  • longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
  • meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
  • molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
  • monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
  • noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • permissibility — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • physical layer — (networking)   Layer one, the lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The physical layer encompasses details such as electrical and mechanical connections to the network, transmission of binary data as changing voltage levels on wires or similar concepts on other connectors, and data rates. The physical layer is used by the data link layer. Example physical layer protocols are CSMA/CD, token ring and bus.
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
  • pleurapophysis — one of the lateral processes of a vertebra forming the ribs
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • prepsychedelic — describing the period before the psychedelic era
  • prescriptively — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
  • presentability — that may be presented.
  • princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
  • pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
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